Question

We can write

get '/foo' do
  ...
end

and

post '/foo' do
  ...
end

which is fine. But can I combine multiple HTTP verbs in one route?

Answer 1

This is possible via the multi-route extension that is part of sinatra-contrib:

require 'sinatra'
require "sinatra/multi_route"
route :get, :post, '/foo' do
  # "GET" or "POST"
  p request.env["REQUEST_METHOD"]
end

# Or for module-style applications
class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
  register Sinatra::MultiRoute
  route :get, :post, '/foo' do
    # ...
  end
end

However, note that you can do this simply yourself without the extension via:

foo = lambda do
  # Your route here
end
get  '/foo', &foo
post '/foo', &foo

Or more elegantly as a meta-method:

def self.get_or_post(url,&block)
  get(url,&block)
  post(url,&block)
end

get_or_post '/foo' do
  # ...
end

You might also be interested in this discussion on the feature.